EDUC2035 ICT and Digital Literacies

Module Overview

The module will enable you to gain an appreciation of the broader social context in which Digital Learning occurs.

Module Details

Semester:

Semester 2

CATS points:

15

ECTS points:

7.5

Level:

Level 5

Module Lead:

Adrian C. Halnan

Aims and Objectives

Module Aims

• To enable you to gain an appreciation of the broader social context in which Digital Learning occurs
• To develop your awareness of learning, teaching and approaches to Computer Assisted Assessment (CAA)
• To give you opportunities to develop your Digital Literacies
• To enable you to develop your ability to evaluate and reflect on appropriate use of ICT in education.

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

Define and discuss, in an informed manner, ‘Digital Literacies’

Suggest the advantages and disadvantages of CAA

Comment on the social context, values and beliefs related to Digital Literacies

Special Features

In addition to the University’s Virtual Learning Environment, this module will make use of all ‘freely and legally’ available electronic sources such as: Blogs, Wikis, Vlogs (Video Blog) and any other ‘contemporary’ technology.

Learning and Teaching

Teaching and learning methods

A mix of lectures and seminars along with directed reading and suggested additional research.
Typically this would be 12 single session lectures and 12 single session seminars.

Type

Hours

Independent Study

150

Total study time

150

Resources & Reading list

Pandora's Box: Social and Professional Issues of the
Information Age.

Other. eXe - a freely available Open Source authoring application to assist teachers and academics in the
publishing of web content without the need to become proficient in HTML or XML markup. Resources
authored in eXe can be exported in IMS Content Package, SCORM 1.2, or IMS Common Cartridge
formats or as simple self-contained web pages

Digital Literacies: Concepts, Policies and
Practices.

Beyond Technology: Children’s Learning in the Age of Digital Culture.

Other. EdShare - EdShare Southampton is the teaching and learning repository for the University of
Southampton in the UK. It was created by the University's Learning Societies Lab, and is a University
wide digital resource for all staff and students, and much of its content is also open to the rest of the
world

Blueprint for Computer-Assisted Assessment.

Wired for Learning: An Educators Guide to Web 2.0
Information Age Publishing Inc..